

There's a myriad of options to choose from.

If you're playing on higher difficulties, in particular, you'll need to either carefully build and balance your Shepherd or run a well-tuned team of operatives to back yourself up. The differences can be pretty substantial, too. Down below, we'll go over all six of the games' major classes and explain what they do best and what kind of players should ideally opt for them. In case you haven't settled into any particular build for your Shepherd, this article may prove to be just what you need.

If that's the case, choosing the right ME: Legendary Edition character class is a big deal. Now, the goal is - presumably - for you to keep the same Shepherd across all three games. For all intents and purposes, this is literally the entirety of the original Mass Effect saga, and it's going to take you a heck of a long time to play through all of its awesome content. It's almost impossible to put into words just what a massive, expansive "game" the entirety of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is.
